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JAMES Ao l YNAUGH DIRECTOR , . ~ , 02 0 N N S i F 9 P -, - I FY/87 HIGHLIGHTS 4 i j ".t 1.0;. 1, BOARD OF CORRECTIONS 6 FROM THE DIRECTOR 7 cr:resms i , EXECUTIVE DIVISION 9 Legal Affairs e Compliance (I Audit Services Internal Affairs 0 Staff Counsel For Inmates 0 Public Information .." b ,., Ci I ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES 13 Financial Operations 0 Budget & Management Services Inmate Work Programs " Data Processing 0 Purchasing 0 Personnel & Training ~.,.~ .... ~ .: HEALTH SERVICES DIVISION 34 Psychiatric 0 Clinical Services Health Administration " Dental 0 Nursing 0 Pharmacy M .- OPERATIONS DIVISION 40 Institutional Support III Classification & Treatment Windham School System 0 Security Use Of Force I EAC =====.. ====,=.=======================.===.------------------------~========" TDG UNITS 44 Beto I 0 Beto II 0 Central 0 Clemens CD Coffield 0 Darrington Diagnostic Q Eastham 0 Ellis I CD Ellis II 0 Ferguson c Gatesville Goree 0 Hilltop 9 Huntsville 0 Jester I 0 Jester 1/ I.) Jester III Michael 0 Mountain View " Pack I 0 Pack-II 0 Ramsey I Ramsey II 0 Ramsey III 0 Retrieve 0 TDC Hospital 0 Wynne , . ,I STATISTICAL INFORMATION 66 Inmate Population Summary FY 87 0 Monthly Inmate Count FY 86-87 Inmate Profile 0 Offense of Record 0 Age 0 Intelligence Quotient Average Inmate Cost 0 Inmate Population FY 1972-1987 Inmate Population FY 1985-1987 e Place Of Convictions - Residence ; . if - .Ii . ') L' ': 5. -f d- J 03 0 , ,., ", "I,' f~SCAl YEAR. 1987 HIGHLIGHTS The handwritten legal papers were filed back in 1972, but Three new board members were appointed to the Board it wasn't until 1987 that the prison reform lawsuit known of Corrections soon after Governor Clements took office in as Ruiz v Estelle was virtually settled in the court of U.S. Dis­ january. Prior to his six-year appointment, Charles Terrell of trict judge William Wayne justice of Tyler. Dallas was picked to head the governor's Texas Criminal After years of trial and negotiation, the Texas Department Justice Task Force. Also appointed to six-year terms on the of Corrections stood on the verge of complete compliance board were former Amarillo mayor jerry Hodge and F. L. witll reform orders stemming from the lawsuit as the fiscal Stehpens of San Angelo. Leaving the board were Lindsey year neared an end. Waters of Dallas, james Parsons of Palestine and Robert Lane "The evidence heard and observed by the court demon­ of Austin. strates that TDC has made remarkable progress toward com­ Crime and crowded prisons were high on the priority lists plete compliance with requirements of the court's order," of state legislators as they convened in regular session in janu­ judge justice wrote in an opinion issued in April. "Promises ary. The Department of Public Safety reported then that the by (Gov. l3ill Clements) referred to in earlier orders of the state's crime rate rose 14.9 percent the previous year. Rob­ court, have been kept, and constructive actions by the Legis­ bery offenses, alone, jumped more than 26 percent in 1986, lature have been forthcoming. As a consequence, it is ap­ the DPS reported. propriate for the court to recognize the good faith and Reflective of the escalating crime rate, the TDC inmate diligence of state officials at this time." population hit record highs during FY 87. Consequently, the judge justice's endorse­ prison system, upon reach­ ment of TDC's compliance ing 95 percent of capacity, efforts came shortly after he was forced to halt new ad­ toured Texas prisons for the missions on 20 different oc­ first time since sitting down cassions during the fiscal to preside over the Ruiz case year. Until a plan for sched­ in 1978. His opinion dis­ uled admissions could be missed the threat of fines be­ worked out, the TDC opened ing imposed on the prison only two days a week for system for alleged non­ eight consecutive weeks. compliance with court During the fiscal year, orders. 35,077 inmates were "In total," judge Justice received by TDC, an in­ wrote, "the evidence heard crease of approximately 15 by the court has persuaded it percent over FY 86. Releases that (TDe) has diligently pur­ totaled 33,370 during the fis­ sued the objectives of com­ cal year, up from 28,087 releases the previous year. pliance set forth in the U.S. District Judge William Wayne Justice (center) toured Texas prisons (court's order)." for the first time during fiscal year 1987. In january, state Rep. Allen Meanwhile the state Board Hightower of Huntsville was of Corrections was charged with naming TDC's fourth direc­ named to chair the newly-created House Corrections Com­ tor in five years when O. L. McCotter resigned in january. mittee, which oversees prison operations. For the first time james A. Lynaugh, the agency's financial director since 1984, in history, TDC's two-year budget request to the Legislature was named interim director and quickly moved to bring the et.ceeded the $1 billion mark. The record $1.1 billion ap­ agency into compliance with outstanding federal court ord­ propriated by the Legislature included $30 million to cover ers. Based on his performance, Lynaugh was awarded the the cost of housing state prisoners in privately-operated de­ job as director on a permanent basis in May. Lynaugh then tention facilities. The Legislature also authorized the sale of named James "Andy" Collins as the agency's deputy direc­ general obligation bonds for expanding the prison system's tor of operations. capacity by 10,500 beds. Administrators announced in April that 121.5 staff posi­ The TDC's budget request was made in the face of a tions would be eliminated or consolidated by the end of the projected 15,OOO-bed shortfall by 1991. fiscal year. The staff reductions were more than offset by a In Februai)', Governor Clements signed legislation that for budget request to add 355 positions during the 1988-89 bien­ the first time authorized private firms to build and operate nium at a payroll cost of approximately $15.9 million. penal institutions for minimum and medium security inmates. On October 5, 1986, the 55th, and possibly the final edi­ The Board of Corrections immediately requested proposals tion of the Texas Prison Rodeo opened at the "Walls" Unit from private parties for the construction and operation of four in Huntsville. Citing declining revenues, high stadium reno­ 500-bed pre-release centers. Nineteen firms or industrial vation costs and more urgent fiscal priorities, the Board of foundations responded, and two were chosen. Corrections voted the following July to cancel the 1987 At the same time/ 10 trusty camps built under lease­ rodeo. It remains to be seen whether the Texas tradition will purchase arrangements were opening throughout the system/ someday be resurrected by the state or by private sponsors. adding 2/000 beds to capacity. As the fis!=al year neared an o ,(]. 0 end, the Mark W. Michael Unit, a 2,250-bed maximum secu­ part-time contract personnel with full-time personnel where rity unit, opened near Palestine. possible and appropriate," Judge Justice found. TDC failed to realize a significant increase in capacity The judge also noted that TDC had made substantial com­ through the new construClton, however, due to court-ordered pliance in the areas of health care for disabled inmates, ad­ depopulation requirements involving approximately 3,800 ministrative segregation conditions, security staff deployment inmates. and single-ceiling of inmates. TDC's Health Services Division received a shot in the arm Although TDC's compliance efforts would continue to be during the fiscal year thanks to a $10.6 million emergency monitored, Director Lynaugh told employees: "For the first appropriation from the Legislature. The funds allowed TDC time in the nearly 15-year history of this case, the judge was to attract and hire many of the additional medical and psy­ publicly complimentary of the effforts of this agency. I know chiatric personnel mandated by court agreements. this change in the court's impression of this agency is almost "Diligent efforts have been undertaken by TDC to fill the exclusively due to your hard work, competence and dedi­ health care positions where there are shortfalls and to replace cation." THE NUMBER Of INMATES RECIEIVED AT AN D REl.EASED fROM TDC FY 1986-87 THE NUMBER OF INMATES RECEIVED AT TDC FY 1986 FY 1987 Number Number Percent Change NEW RECEIVES 20,842 23,457 12.55% PAROLE VIOLATORS 4,365 5,766 32.10% MAN. SUP. VIOLATORS 4,220 4,727 12.01 % SHOCK PROB.